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Before May 18, 1980, Mt. St. Helens, a stratovolcano in southern Washington State,
looked like many of the other high peaks in the Cascade Volcanic Arc:
conical, steep, and snow-covered.
But after that day's eruption, which moved nearly a cubic mile of debris from the peak
down to the Toutle River and Spirit Lake, the landscape was grey and dead for
miles around. The mountain lost 1300' of elevation, and the top became a crater
a mile wide.
The area was made a U.S. National Monument in 1982, hikers were allowed back on
the summit in 1986.
Though forests were knocked down and covered with grey ash and pumice, vegetation
has made a surprising and resilient recovery, making the valley glow green in spring.

This model shows the post-eruption terrain, with its unmistakable open-sided
crater and lava dome. In addition, hikers will recognize the top portion of
Monitor Ridge and Shoestring Glacier. Other features on this model are
Crescent Ridge and the head of the South Fork of the Toutle
River to the West, part of Studebaker Ridge to the North, and Windy Pass to the Northeast.
Simply put, two-dimensional maps cannot convey the magnitude of the eruption,
but holding this piece in your hands, you just might begin to understand.

Model scale is 1:93400
Model covers an area approximately 4.4 by 4.4 miles
Altitudes covered: 3250' to 8337'
There is never any vertical exaggeration in TinyMtn models.

TinyMtn models are most affordable in the "White Strong and Flexible" and "Sandstone" materials. This model is in "White Strong and Flexible." When you receive the model, there may still be Nylon dust on it from the printing process. Use either an airbrush, canned dust blower, or a soft old toothbrush to remove this dust. Do not get the "White Strong and Flexible" material wet, and don't prime it or use any oil-based paints on it. You can safely seal it with Polycrylic or a similar water-based clear spray sealant. Read more about this popular material here.

The "Frosted Detail" material will show more detail, but is semi-transparent and has an uneven surface texture when unpainted (due to the orientation of the model when Shapeways prints it). It may show up feeling a little greasy and with small crystals in crevasses. Clean those off by soaking the model in warm (but not hot) soapy water and brushing with an old toothbrush. To get the surface to an even matte finish, spray with a few light coats of sandable primer (white automotive primer works), and then do a baking soda grit-blast.

These models have been optimized for the above materials, and are not offered in other materials for strength or cost reasons. If you need one in another material, please contact us and we'll try to accommodate your request.

(C) 2013 TinyMtn (TM)
Model created using GDAL, NetPBM, Gmsh, Carve, MeshLab, and other custom software
Source of digital elevation data: U.S. Geological Survey
The USGS home page is http://www.usgs.gov/